Bronwyn Kotzen

Bronwyn Kotzen is a visiting research fellow based at the Wits School of Social and Economic Research (WISER, University of Witwatersrand), a practicing architect, and a PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town. Her research broadly examines socio-material politics in Sub-Saharan Africa as a lens to explore the relationship between materiality, science, technology, and space in rapidly developing environments.

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Standard Substitution and the Politics of Cementing Equivalence

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Standard Substitution and the Politics of Cementing Equivalence

Concrete, which is made of cement, sand, stones, and water, is one of the most widely consumed materials on the planet, second only to water. Its insatiable con... More